Total Trivia

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The December 1946 issue of "Arizona Highways" was the first all-color issue of a nationally circulated magazine in the United States.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The average 60-minute audio cassette tape has 562.5 feet of tape in it.

 

[NattyBumppo]

When Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin returned from their epic journey to the moon, they had to fill out a form for US Customs:

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/Apollo-11-Immigration-02.jpg

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A geoduck is a large clam.

 

[someoneyouknow]

Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball the same year and from the same team that Mickey Mantle started his baseball career.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

When Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin returned from their epic journey to the moon, they had to fill out a form for US Customs:

http://a52.g.akamaitech.net/f/52/827/1d/www.space.com/images/Apollo-11-Immigration-02.jpg

AMAZING!

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The giraffe's heart is huge; it weighs 25 pounds, is 2 feet long, and has walls up to 3 inches thick.

 

[someoneyouknow]

A komodo dragon injects a poison into its victim to kill it

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

The first portable calculator placed on sale by Texas Instruments weighed only 2-1/2 pounds and cost a mere $150. (1972)

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A raindrop falls at approximately 7 miles per hour.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

According to recent figures, there are currently 18.7million vacant homes in the United States. If you assume four people per household, that's enough empty houses to accommodate the entire populations of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark and Norway.

 

[PenforPrez]

Oh God, I could absolutely bury this thread.

Only one comedy album has ever won a Grammy for Album of the Year--Bob Newhart's Button Down Mind in 1960.

 

[PenforPrez]

The longest road in the United States is U.S. Highway 20, which runs 3,365 miles from Boston to Newport, Oregon.

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/infrastructure/longest.cfm

 

[PenforPrez]

John Tyler, the 10th President of the United States, fathered the most children of any President with 15 by two marriages, the last one born when he was 70 years old.

Tyler was also the only President elected to a foreign legislature. John Tyler was elected to the Confederate Congress but died before he could assume office.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Oh God, I could absolutely bury this thread.

Only one comedy album has ever won a Grammy for Album of the Year--Bob Newhart's Button Down Mind in 1960.

Bury away and welcome to Total Trivia
( A fellow addict )

With few exceptions, birds do not sing while on the ground. They sing during flight or while sitting on an object off the ground.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Venezuela possesses more proven oil reserves than any country outside the Middle East.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Barnard's star is approaching the Sun at a speed of 87 miles/second. By the year 11,800, it will be the closest star to us.

 

[someoneyouknow]

No driver who has won the NASCAR championship has ever done so without winning at least one race during the season.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

A car operates at maximum economy, gas-wise, at speeds between 25 and 35 miles per hour.

 

[RUlookingup]

When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world.

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

When the Empire State Building opened on May 1, 1931, it was the tallest building in the world.

I've been to the top! Even though it's not the tallest building anymore it's still a must visit

 

[Gaia_Lorraine]

Isaac Asimov wrote more than 500 books during his lifetime (1920-1992). He has the honor of being the only person who has authored a book in each of the Dewey Decimal System classifications.

 

[PenforPrez]

No driver who has won the NASCAR championship has ever done so without winning at least one race during the season.

Also, no rookie has ever won what is now the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. The closest was James Hylton, who finished second in points in 1967 to Richard Petty, who won 27 races in 41 starts that year.

 

[PenforPrez]

Venezuela possesses more proven oil reserves than any country outside the Middle East.

Is that counting Venezuela's tar sands? If tar sands are counted, Venezuela may have more oil reserves than Saudi Arabia, depending on the source you consult.

 

[PenforPrez]

The first country album to ship gold was Waylon Jennings' 1978 album I've Always Been Crazy, which hit around 500,000 advance orders. I love Waylon!